A paleoclimatic reconstruction of the Carboniferous-Permian paleovalley fill in the eastern Paganzo Basin: Insights into glacial extent and deglaciation of southwestern Gondwana

• Published in: Journal of South American Earth Sciences
• Main Authors: Pauls, Kathryn N., Isbell, John L., McHenry, Lindsay, Limarino, Carlos Oscar, Moxness, Levi D., Schencman, Laura Jazmín
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Pergamon-Elsevier Science Ltd
• Subjects: ARGENTINA; CARBONIFEROUS; GONDWANA GLACIATION; LATE PALEOZOIC ICE AGE; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOVALLEY; PERMIAN; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.5; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1; Argentina; South Pole; Larga; Loma; Colina; South pole
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11336/120273

During the mid-Carboniferous, ice centers located in present-day western Argentina disappeared until the late Cenozoic with glaciation of the Andes. The disappearance of mid-Carboniferous glaciers and the subsequent climate shift, recorded in the Paganzo Basin, has been attributed to global events a...